Offshoots from the Narrowing Straight

Summary

A tree there stands, whose virtue seen is only part of that unrevealed.The green a vibrant, temporary cloth...The bark an ever present shield...Yet, unmanifest belie the fundamental roots within the encumbering earth concealed.

Offshoots from the Narrowing Straight - Kevin M Welsh

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Rev Date: 10/22/2014

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Contents

MATTERS CHALLENGING

Time, Patience And Respect

Drunk Or Sober

Alcohol As A First Choice

The Truth About Alcohol Addiction

MATTERS NATURAL

Autumn Reflection

Winter Reflection

Spring Reflection

Summer Reflection

On Brayford Pool

MATTERS INSPIRATIONAL

Believe

Benedictus

Perfect Within Yourself

MATTERS DISCONTENTING

Futility

Dad

The Blackbird Song

MATTERS COMPASSIONATE

I Gave Up My Place To You

On Friendship

MATTERS FELICITOUS

Summer’s Son

The Way Of Contentment

MATTERS MORTAL

When We Were Young

Death Did Not Claim Me

Final Journey

Hymn For A Fallen Hero

Companion Death

A Humble Funeral

In Memoriam (Mr Walsh Is Dead)

Remember Me

Sleep Now Gentle Soldier

The Poppy Flower

The Day Your Father Died

Mortality

MATTERS SPIRITUAL

An Epitaph To Diana… Fair Maid Of Albion

Whose Tracks Are These?

A Comparable Insignificance

A View From A Lighthouse

Redemption

The Final Triumph

The Way Of Fulfilment

The Way Of Happiness

At The End Of Days

MATTERS MILITARY

Another Time… Another Place

The True Cost Of War

Anthem For A Disconsolate Man

Harry The Warrior Prince

The Harvest

Friend Or Foe

Once A Soldier

Medal Of Honour

Rat-A-Tat-Tat

The Last Post

MATTERS CHALLENGING

Time, Patience And Respect

A tree there stands, whose virtue seen is only part of that unrevealed.